The Apostle of Peace

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 106, 28 September 1914, Page 5

The Apostle of Peace

XI IK KAISER'S NEW ROLE. APPEAL TO TIIE CARDINALS. .Received 27, 5.15 p.m. Rome, September 20. Fifty members of the German Centre Party in the Reichstag -sent to the cardinals an ardent plea for the Germans' cause, dccla ring that Germany, for 40 years the apostle of peace in Europe, had been compelled to go to war to defend her territory and aid Austria. GERMAN TROOPS SUPPLY THE ANSWER. ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE SACRILEGE SOLDIERS RUN RIOT IN A MONASTER'/. Received 27, 5.15 p.m. London, September 2G. The Antwerp correspondent of The Standard reports that the Germans occupied a monastery at Montaigo, drank to excess, fired into the room where the monks were sleeping, 6tolc the chalice and other sacred vessels, scattered the Host over the altar, led the roped monks through the streets, and flogged them with their swords.

Evidence of these outrages has been sent to the Vatican. lIOW GERMANY PREPARED FOR PEACE. PREPARATIONS IN FRANCE 'DURING PEACE TIME. UNASSAILABLE FORTIFICATIONS 11ADE IN QUARRIES. Received 27, 5.15 p.m. London, September 26. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes that the quarries near Compiegne, forming the main strength o' the German right, mostly belonged to German enterprises, who appear to have worked for months with a definite military purpose. The usual methods of quarrying were not adopted. Instead, long, heavy ramparts were left on the surface. Engines could not have constructed better positions, the assault of which is impracticable and bombardment useless.